Cabinet Installation & Cabinet Organization

Wow, everything is going at lightning speed now in the kitchen.  Some of the cabinets are installed already--ahead of schedule.  I got to meet the people working over there and they are so nice and helpful.  One of them thanked me for sending them the homemade pumpkin bread.  That made me feel good:-)

One thing really surprised me:  the peninsula is H-U-G-E.  Too big, really, but it's too late to modify it now.  I wasn't expecting that.  It's hard to visualize what something will actually look in your home from a 2-D drawing.  If I could do this over again I would have made it smaller so that it doesn't encroach so much into the living room.  The granite is going to arc into the dining room and have bar stools to go with it for extra seating.  Being larger than we expected it will serve as a nice double sided buffet when we have parties. 

 The walls have been painted in Olympic's "Cracker Bitz," and the range hood and vents are being installed.

 Here's the peninsula. 

 The decorative spacers were the wrong size:-(  We have to reorder them.  I hope they come in really soon. 

 The pantry closet has been partially nstalled.

 We really like the look of the cabinets.  They've done a beautiful job.

I was happy to see the purple morning glory climbing on the right side of the window. 

We picked out classico & rosette trim for the window and got matching door trim. 


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Over each door in the kitchen we will place a painted white ornament:

Our cabinets already have pull-outs and full extension to make living convenient, but we decided to purchase some organizers to maximize storage and ease.  Rev-A-Shelf has so many wonderful options.  We purchased several items, but this this is my favorite one:


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You can store all of your cleaners and paper towels under the sink--but it's removable!  That means I can pick it up and carry it anywhere in the house easily when it's cleaning day.  Gotta love that!



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Since we have a similar setup with our fridge, we can make use of often unused space with these bakeware organizer.  This will be so much more convenient than stacking them all together and storing them in the drawer under the stove.




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 These little under-cabinet shelves are handy for my soap, lotion, and sponges.

We also thought this would be a wonderful way to maximize base cabinet storage, and it rolls out:

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 In the corner cabinet this will be nice to store plates and bowls so they can be easily grabbed rather than all stacked together.  I hope it will fit, and I hope our dishes work with it.



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 We normally carry reusable shoppng bags in the interest of being green, but we do need to get plastic ones sometimes which we recycle as garbage bags (we hate buying plastic garbage bags, and we don't have much garbage at all since we recycle and we're going to start composting soon) and for dog duty.  This can fit into a cupboard and keeps the bags tidy.

We discussed continuing the dining room and kitchen flooring into the hallway and powder room for a seamless look; that may be best with an open floor plan.  We're concerned that the floor may be uneven again and need work.  We are really hoping that this is not the case because that is expensive to fix.  We're getting a quote with the best case and worst case scenarios.